Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Peasants use money -- 2 Four quadrants of exchange -- 3 Exchange and institutional setting -- 4 Global history of money viewed...

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